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The Cisco Kid -Jose Luis Salinas
Blondie - Chic Young
Abbie N' Slats - Raebuen Van Buren
Reg'lar Fellas- Gene Byrnes
Steve Canyon- Milt Caniff
Little Lulu-Marge
Casper - Ernie Colon
Off Main Street - Joe Dennett
Mickey Mouse- Sergio Asteriti
Rusty Riley -Frank Godwin
Wow! These will either inspire a guy or make him feel like an absolute hack. Are these from your collection? How large are these originals?
ReplyDeleteI wish they were from my own collection! Occasionally someone will post a nice shot of original art when selling on ebay, or I'll run across them on other websites.
ReplyDeleteIt's so much different to see a decent scan of the original art, than the reproduction on newsprint.
I don't know the exact sizes of these, but it was common to draw comic strips at 18" wide or more. A Peanuts strip I reproduced by hand was 22" X 5" and was from the 60s.
I agree that these both inspire and make one feel inferior. Luckily I'm leading toward the "inspire" side lately.